Ficus celebica Blume

  • Filed As

    Moraceae
    Ficus celebica Blume

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 17524, Mar 1911

  • Location

    Philippines. Laguna. Los Baños Mun. (Mt. Maquiling), Puerto Princess, near the river.

  • Habitat

    trees trunks in humus covered red soil with a stony or gravelly subsoil in dense woods near the river. sides of tree trunks.

  • Description

    Epiphytes; stems 2 inches thick, terete, usually more than one from the base; slender and spreading, 10 feet long, freely branched all along; wood dingy white, odorless and tasteless, distinctly grained; bark greenish gray, smooth, rather thin, with latex; twigs laxly spreading; leaves membranous, few, slightly recurved toward their apices, paler green beneath; figs globose, clustered along the branchlets, hard and stramineous papillate except the dark green umbilical portion, 1/4 inch in diameter, soft and ochraceus when mature; flowers pale white.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4374295

    Occurrence ID: 0815a26f-fe69-4ad8-8ca3-4a7b697dbe9e

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Rosales

  • Family

    Moraceae

  • All Determinations

    Ficus celebica Blume

  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Laguna

  • County/Municipio

    Los Baños Mun.

  • Locality

    (Mt. Maquiling), Puerto Princess, near the river

  • Elevation

    Alt. 152 m. (499 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS '
f	DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER ‘
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
LOS BANOS (MT. MAQUILINg), PROVINCE OF LAGUNA
ISLAND OF LUZON, JUNE-JULY, 1917
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